Primary fields of research Industrial organization, applied microeconomics, consumer payment choice, search models
Biography
Sergey Kulaev is an economist with the Consumer Payments Research Center of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, where he is currently conducting an empirical analysis of consumer choice among payment methods, studying data from a survey conducted by the Center. Kulaev earned his undergraduate degree in economics from Moscow State University and his master’s degree from the New Economic School in Moscow. He was awarded a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University in 2009.
Education
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2009
M.A. New Economic School, Moscow, Russia, 2003
B.A. Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 2001
Work experience
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Consumer Payments Research Center
Economist, 2009–
Publications
Books and book chapters
"History of Russian VAT," in J. Stiglitz (ed.) Taxation Reforms in Developing Countries, IPD book series. Columbia University Press, forthcoming.
Fellowships and awards
Young economist essay award, EARIE, 2009.
Teaching/dissertation fellowship, Columbia University, 2003–2009.
NET Institute summer research grant, 2008.
Wueller summer research award and PER summer research grant, 2007, 2008.
Wueller award dissertatin proposal and PER summer research grant, 2005, 2006.
Best student paper award, New Economic School, 2002.
